Today has been designated as National Quilting Day
and the theme this year is “Celebrate America
I had my Quilts of Valor meeting yesterday so the day before I had to lay out some more blocks into Bonnie Hunter’s Fourth of July pattern to take for another member to sew the rows together.
Why is it that you can spot the mistakes in a photo that you didn’t see with the naked eye? Before I picked up and numbered the rows, I did fix that 4-patch that was sewn wrong - it had two blues and 2 reds side-by-side rather than in opposite corners (it’s in this photo wrong at the bottom left). Always something, right?!
And I also finished up the last of the little tissue covers and took them over to my mother. She has fifteen to give out as bingo prizes. I hope she remembers to actually take them to the Activities Director and doesn’t plan to secretly keep them all!
I also spotted another free pattern that I might consider making as my next personal contribution to Quilts of Valor. I like stars and I loved this design that uses 10 inch blocks and finishes at 80x80:
This quilt called “Cayuga” was designed by Michele Scott and the pattern can be found on the Fons & Porter website:
It looks great in the muted neutral colors as shown, but I think it would also look fabulously patriotic in red, white and blues. I’m adding it to my pattern collection right now!
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